John Daugherty White (January 16, 1849 – January 5, 1920) was an American politician who served as a

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from

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. He was nephew of John White and cousin of

Addison White Addison White (May 1, 1824 – February 4, 1909) was an American politician who served the state of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives between 1851 and 1853. Biography Addison White was born in Abingdon, Washington Coun ...

and

Hugh Lawson White Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773April 10, 1840) was an American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder as a Tenn ...

both of whom served in public office.

Biography

Born near

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, one of six children of Daugherty White and Sarah Watts White. The Whites were a wealthy and politically influential family in Clay County, Kentucky, owning a saltworks and numerous land holdings, and were one side of the notorious Garrard-White Feud. White attended a private school until 1865 and Eminence (Kentucky) College and the

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at Lexington until 1870. He was graduated from the law department of the

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in 1872. He also attended the medical department of the same institution. His sister,

Laura Rogers White Laura Rogers White (December 11, 1852 – ) was the first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science, bachelor of science degree. She studied to be an architect but largely did not practice due to family obligat ...

, was one of the first eight women graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874. He was admitted to the bar by the

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in 1875, and practiced law. White was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He served as chairman of the Kentucky Republican State convention at

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in 1879. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880. He resigned in 1880. He was endorsed and reelected without opposition during the sitting of the legislature. He served as delegate to the

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. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the

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in 1881. White was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884 and resumed the practice of law in

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the State

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for

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in 1903. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1912. He died in

Garrard, Kentucky Garrard is a coal town in Clay County, Kentucky, United States on the junction of United States Highway 421 and Kentucky Highway 80, south of Manchester. It was established in 1806 by James Garrard's son Daniel (1780–1866) as a salt wo ...

on January 5, 1920. He was interred in the family burying ground near

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References

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